A New Database on Financial Development and Structure

This paper introduces a new database of indicators of financial development and structure across countries and over time. This database is unique in that it unites a wide variety of indicators that measure the size, activity and efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets. It improves on previous efforts by presenting data on the public share of commercial banks, by introducing indicators of the size and activity of nonbank financial institutions and by presenting measures of the size of bond and primary equity markets. This paper describes the sources, the construction and the intuition for the different indicators and presents descriptive statistics.

A New Database on Financial Development and Structure Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, and Ross Levine June 1999 Abstract: This paper introduces a new database of indicators of financial development and structure across countries and over time This database is unique in that it unites a wide variety of indicators that measure the size, activity and efficiency of financial intermediaries and markets It improves on previous efforts by presenting data on the public share of commercial banks, by introducing indicators of the size and activity of nonbank financial institutions and by presenting measures of the size of bond and primary equity markets This paper describes the sources, the construction and the intuition for the different indicators and presents descriptive statistics Beck: The World Bank; Demirgüç-Kunt: The World Bank; Levine: Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota We are grateful to Joe Attia and Ian Webb for technical assistance and to Gerard Caprio for comments This paper’s findings, interpretations, and conclusions are entirely those of the authors and not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent I Introduction A recent and expanding literature establishes the importance of financial development for economic growth.1 Measures of the size of the banking sector and the size and liquidity of the stock market are highly correlated with subsequent GDP per capita growth Moreover, emerging evidence suggests that both the level of banking sector development and stock market development exert a causal impact on economic growth.2 Recent financial crises in South East Asia and Latin America further underline the importance of a well-functioning financial sector for the whole economy This paper introduces a new database that for the first time allows financial analysts and researchers a comprehensive assessment of the development, structure and performance of the financial sector This database provides statistics on the size, activity and efficiency of various financial intermediaries and markets across a broad spectrum of countries and through time The database will thus enable financial analysts and researchers to compare the level of financial development and the structure of the financial sector of a specific country with that of other countries in the region or countries with a similar GDP per capita level It allows comparisons of financial systems for a given year and over time Previously, financial analysts and researchers have relied on a few indicators of the banking sector and the stock market, using data from the IMF’s International Financial Statistics and the IFC’s Emerging Market Database This new database draws on a wider array of sources For an overview over this literature see Levine (1997) See King and Levine (1993a,b) and Levine and Zervos (1998) for correlation and Levine, Loayza and Beck (1999), Beck, Levine and Loayza (1999), Neusser and Kugler (1998) and Rousseau and Wachtel (1998) for evidence on causality Also, Demirgüç-Kunt and Maksimovic (1998) show that firms in countries with an active stock market and large banking sector grow faster than predicted by individual firm characteristics Rajan and Zingales (1998) show that industries that rely more heavily on external finance grow faster in countries with better-developed financial systems 2 and constructs indicators of the size, activity and efficiency of a much broader set of financial institutions and markets Specifically, this database uses bank-specific data to construct indicators of the market structure and efficiency of commercial banks Furthermore, this is the first systematic compilation of data on the split of public vs private ownership in the banking sector This database is the first attempt to define and construct indicators of the size and activity of nonbank financial intermediaries, such as insurance companies, pension funds, and nondeposit money banks Finally, this database is the first to include indicators of the size of primary equity markets and primary and secondary bond markets This results in a unique set of indicators that capture the development and structure of the financial sector across countries and over time along many different dimensions The remainder of the paper is organized as follows Section II presents and discusses indicators of the size and activity of financial intermediaries Section III introduces indicators of the efficiency and market structure of commercial banks In section IV we define indicators of the size and activity of other financial institutions Stock and bond market indicators are introduced in section V Each section presents the indicators, the sources and the sample, and the variance of the indicators across income groups of countries Section VI offers concluding remarks Table provides an overview of all indicators with cross-country and time-series coverage The appendix presents the sources and construction of the measures II The Size and Activity of Financial Intermediaries A first set of measures compares the size and activity of central banks, deposit money banks and other financial institutions relative to each other and relative to GDP We use data from the IMF’s International Financial Statistics (IFS) to construct these indicators The data cover the period from 1960 to 1997 and 175 countries This section (1) describes the three different groups of financial intermediaries, (2) presents the different measures, (3) defines the deflating procedure, and (4) presents some regularities of financial development over time and across countries A Groups of Financial Institutions The indicators in this section distinguish between three groups of financial institutions: central banks, deposit money banks and other financial institutions.3 The three groups are defined as in the International Financial Statistics (IFS) The first group comprises the central bank and other institutions that perform functions of the monetary authorities.4 The second group, deposit money banks, comprises all financial institutions that have “liabilities in the form of deposits transferable by check or otherwise usable in making payments” [IMF 1984, 29] The third group – other financial institutions - comprises other banklike institutions and nonbank financial institutions These are institutions that serve as financial intermediaries, while not incurring liabilities usable as means of payment Other banklike institutions comprise (i) institutions that accept deposits, but not provide transferable deposit facilities, (ii) intermediaries that finance themselves mainly through issuance of negotiable bonds, (iii) development banks, and (iv) offshore units Nonbank financial institutions include insurance companies, provident and pension funds, trust and custody accounts, real investment schemes, For a detailed description of the three financial sectors see IMF (1984) The three groups correspond to lines 12, 22, and 42 of the IFS other pooled investment schemes, and compulsory savings schemes Whereas data on other banklike institutions are usually current and complete, only fragmentary data are available for nonbank financial institutions We distinguish between two different balance sheet items: total claims on domestic nonfinancial sectors (lines a through d) and claims on the private sector (line d).5 In the following we will denote the first with “assets” and the second with “private credit” Whereas “assets” refers to total domestic financial intermediation that the respective intermediary performs, “private credit” captures the financial intermediation with the private nonfinancial sector For both measures, we exclude claims on central banks, deposit money banks and other financial institutions (lines e through g) and therefore any cross-claims of one financial sector on another B Measures of Size of Financial Intermediaries We present two groups of size indicators The relative size indicators measure the importance of the three financial sectors relative to each other, the absolute size indicators measure their size relative to GDP Relative size measures The first three indicators are only presented if there are data available on all three financial sectors These indicators are: - Central Bank Assets to Total Financial Assets Exchange stabilization funds are the most typical case of monetary authority functions that are performed separately from the central banks’ balance sheets Furthermore, the central bank might perform commercial banking tasks Where possible, these are excluded from the central bank balance sheets when reported in the IFS - Deposit Money Banks Assets to Total Financial Assets - Other Financial Institutions Assets to Total Financial Assets where Total Financial Assets are the sum of central bank, deposit money banks and other financial institutions assets Since these measures are calculated only if there are data available for all three categories, we construct an alternative indicator that measures the relative importance of deposit money banks relative to central banks, Deposit Money vs Central Bank Assets This measure has been used as a measure of financial development by, among others, King and Levine (1993a,b) and Levine, Loayza, and Beck (1998) and equals the ratio of deposit money banks assets and the sum of deposit money and central bank assets Absolute Size Measures The following three indicators measure the size of the three financial sectors relative to GDP: - Central Bank Assets to GDP - Deposit Money Banks Assets to GDP - Other Financial Institutions Assets to GDP These measures give evidence of the importance of the financial services performed by the three financial sectors relative to the size of the economy The assets include claims on the whole nonfinancial real sector, including government, public enterprises and the private sector Since many researchers have focused on the liability side of the balance sheet, we include a measure of absolute size based on liabilities Liquid Liabilities to GDP equals currency plus In the case of other financial institutions we also include line 42h, claims on real estate in total claims on domestic nonfinancial sectors and in private credit demand and interest-bearing liabilities of banks and other financial intermediaries divided by GDP This is the broadest available indicator of financial intermedation, since it includes all three financial sectors For the numerator we use either line 55l or, where not available, line 35l Whereas line 35l includes monetary authorities and deposit money banks, line 55l also includes other banking institutions, as defined by the IMF Line 35l is often also referred to as M2 Liquid Liabilities is a typical measure of financial “depth” and thus of the overall size of the financial sector, without distinguishing between the financial sectors or between the use of liabilities C Measures of Activity of Financial Intermediaries While the size measures not distinguish whether the claims of financial intermediaries are on the public or the private sector, the following two indicators concentrate on claims on the private sector - Private Credit by Deposit Money Banks to GDP - Private Credit by Deposit Money Banks and Other Financial Institutions to GDP Whereas the first equals claims on the private sector by deposit money banks divided by GDP, the second includes claims by both deposit money banks and other financial institutions Both measures isolate credit issued to the private sector as opposed to credit issued to governments and public enterprises Furthermore, they concentrate on credit issued by intermediaries other than the central bank They are the measures of the activity of financial intermediaries in one of its main function: channeling savings to investors Both indicators have been used by researchers, the first by Levine and Zervos (1998), and the second by Levine, Loayza and Beck (1999) and Beck, Levine, and Loayza (1999) D A Note on Deflating We can distinguish between two groups of measures depending on the denominator The first group consists of ratios of two stock variables, whereas the measures in the second group are ratios of a stock variable and a flow variable, specifically GDP Whereas stock variables are measured at the end of a period, flow variables are defined relative to a period This presents problems in the second group of indicators, both in terms of correct timing and in terms of deflating correctly To address these problems, we deflate the end-of-year financial balance sheet items FD by end-of-year consumer price indices (CPI) and deflate the GDP series by the annual CPI.6 Then, we compute the average of the real financial balance sheet item in year t and t-1 and divide this average by real GDP measured in year t The end-of year CPI is either the value for December or, where not available, the value for the last quarter The formula is the following 0.5 * ç FDt FDt −1 ÷ + CPI e ,t CPI e ,t −1 GDPt CPI a ,t (1) where e indicates end-of-period and a average for the period E Financial Intermediary Development across Income Groups and Time For the CPI numbers we use line 64 and for GDP line 99b from the IFS As exhibited by graphs –3, our indicators of financial intermediary development show considerable variation across countries and time.7 Graph shows that central banks loose relative importance as we move from low- to high-income countries, whereas other financial institutions gain relative importance Deposit money banks gain importance versus Central Banks with a higher income level.8 As can be seen in graph 2, financial depth, as measured by Liquid Liabilities to GDP, increases with the income level Deposit money banks and other financial institutions are bigger and more active in richer countries, whereas central banks are smaller Graph shows that Liquid Liabilities to GDP and Private Credit by Deposit Money Banks to GDP have increased constantly since the 60s Central Bank Assets to GDP first increased from the 60s to the 80s and then decreased again in the 90s Deposit Money Banks vs Central Bank Assets first increased and then decreased over time, a result mainly driven by low-income countries III Efficiency and Market Structure of Commercial Banks This section provides indicators of the efficiency and market structure of commercial banks.9 The data were collected from individual banks’ balance sheets provided by IBCA’s Bankscope database and from individual country sources such as central bank and supervisory To assess the size and activity of financial intermediaries across countries, we use the World Bank classification of countries according to their income levels (World Development Indicators 1998) We can distinguish between four country groups; high income countries with a GNP per capita in 1997 higher than $9,656, upper middle income countries with a GNP per capita between $3,126 and $9,655, lower middle income countries with a GNP per capita between $786 and $3,125 and low income countries with a GNP per capita of less than $786 We use medians for the four income groups to avoid the impact of outliers The classifications “commercial” and “deposit money banks” are close, but not exactly the same Whereas IFS defines deposit money banks consistently across countries, Bankscope uses country-specific definitions of commercial banks body publications.10 We first present two efficiency measures of commercial banks Then we define several indicators of market structure, in terms of concentration, foreign bank penetration and public vs private ownership Finally, sources and coverage are presented and some evidence on the efficiency and market structure across countries A Measures of Efficiency One of the main functions of financial intermediaries is to channel funds from savers to investors We construct two potential measures of the efficiency with which commercial banks perform this function The net interest margin equals the accounting value of a bank’s net interest revenue as a share of its total assets.11 Overhead cost equals the accounting value of a bank’s overhead costs as share of its total assets Unlike in the previous section, we not deflate numerator and denominator of these two measures, although they are ratios of a flow and a stock variable and therefore measured at different points of time, for several reasons First, unlike for macroeconomic variables, there is no obvious deflator for individual banks’ assets and income flows Second, unlike macroeconomic variables and financial sector assets, bank-individual flows and stocks are directly related Third, financial assets and flows are not the product of quantity times price, as is the GDP Finally, we would lose around 25% of the observations.12 10 Unfortunately the coverage of Bankscope is less than 100% of most countries’ banking sector This poses relatively few problems in the case of the efficiency measures, but more so in the case of the measures of market structure, as discussed below 11 Ex-post spreads are preferable to ex-ante spreads, since the latter reflect the perceived loan risk, so that different levels of risk faced by bankers distort these spread Ex-post spreads also pose some problems though So might interest income and loan loss reserving associated with a particular loan incur in different periods See DemirgüçKunt and Huizinga (1998) 12 We also calculated numbers deflated by the CPI The correlation between the deflated numbers and the nominal numbers is 91% in the panel and 96% in the cross-section 10 Malta Source: IFS Time span: 1980-97 Private credit Banklike institutions Banks that grant long-term loans and not offer deposits Mexico Sources: (a) Banco de Mexico, Indicadores Economicos (b) IFS Time span: 1980-97 All numbers are recursos totales Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Factoring companies Leasing companies Warehouse companies Insurance Companies Insurance companies Development Banks Development banks Development funds Private credit: Banklike Institutions (Source a) Factoring companies (cartera de factoraje recursos y deudores diversos) Leasing companies (cartera vigente) Warehouse companies (otras inversiones, creditos, deudores diversos) Insurance Companies Insurance companies (inversiones, prestamos/creditos al sector privado, deudores) Development Banks (Source b) Development banks Development funds Morocco Source: IFS Time span: 1980-96 Private credit: Development Banks National Development Bank, National Agriculture Bank, Credit Immobilier et Hotelier Caisse de Depots et de Gestion, Caisse des Marches Netherlands Sources: (a) Nederlandse Bank, Annual Bulletin (b) OECD, Methodological Supplement Time span: 1980-96 Assets: Banklike Institutions Insurance Companies There are varying definitions of the different groups and in different source The Statistical Yearbook presents signifcantly different numbers Mortgage banks and building societies (Source b) * Private sector financial institutions: lombard banks/finance companies, special institutions for financing export and industry, bill-brokers, municipal credit banks) (Source b) * Savings banks til 82 (classification according to OECD) (Source b) * Life and nonlife insurance companies (Source a) 24 Private Pension Funds Private pension funds (Source a) Pooled Investment Schemes Open-end investment companies (Source b) til 1990 * Investment institutions (Source a) since 1991 Development Banks Local government banks (Source b) * Private credit (Source a): Included lines are: short-term claims on persons/businesses, domestic securities by private sector, loans to the private sector shares, mortgage loans Insurance Companies Life and nonlife insurance companies Private Pension Funds Private pension funds New Zealand Sources: (a) Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Bulletin (b) IFS Time span: 1980-1996 Assets (Source a): Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Private credit (Source b): Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Nigeria Source: Central Bank of Nigeria, Annual report Time span: 1980-95 with missing data Assets: Banklike Institutions Community banks, privately owned micro-finance institutions Discount houses Primary mortgage institutions Finance companies Insurance Companies Insurance companies Development Banks Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry People's Bank of Nigeria Nigerian Agricultural and Co-operative Bank Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria Nigerian Industrial Development Bank Private credit: Included lines are: loans and private securities Banklike Institutions Community banks, privately owned micro-finance institutions Primary mortgage institutions Finance companies Insurance Companies Insurance companies Development Banks Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry People's Bank of Nigeria 25 Norway Sources: (a) Central Bureau of Statistics of Norway, Statistical Yearbook (b) Bank of Norway, Economic Bulletin (c) IFS Time span: 1980-95 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Private credit enterprises/mortgage institutions Private financial companies Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Non-life insurance companies Private Pension Funds Private and municipal pension schemes Pooled Investment Schemes Unit trust funds Development Banks State lending institutions Private credit: Lines included in data collected from source b are: other bonds, other certificates, loans to the public/nonfinancial enterprises and municipalities, shares, definitions vary over time and across categories Banklike Institutions (Source b) Private credit enterprises/mortgage institutions Private financial companies Insurance Companies (Source b) Life insurance companies Non-life insurance companies Private Pension Funds(Source b) Private and municipal pension schemes Pooled Investment Schemes Unit trust funds Development Banks (Source c) State lending institutions Pakistan Sources: (a) State Bank of Pakistan, Banking Statistics (b) The Pakistan Insurance Yearbook Time span: 1980-95 The raw numbers for Development Banks are either for June or December Assets: Insurance Companies (Source b) State Life Insurance Corporation Non-life insurance companies Development Banks (Source a) Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Pakistan Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation National Development Finance Corporation House Building Finance Corporations Pakistan-Kuwait Investment Company Ltd Pak-Libya Holding Company Ltd Saudi-Pak Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Ltd Bankers Equity Ltd Paraguay 26 Source: Banco Central de Paraguay, Boletin Estadistico Assets: Banklike Institutions Development Banks S&L associations for housing Finance companies National Development Bank Cattle Fund Peru Source: IFS Time span: 1980-97 Private credit Development Banks Five development banks Philippines Source: National Census and Statistics Office, Philippine Yearbook Time span: 1980-90 All numbers are total resources Assets: Banklike Institutions Thriftbanks (Savings banks, private development banks, stock S&L associations) Rural non-deposit banks Financing companies Venture capital corporations Pawnshops Lending investors Nonstock savings and loan associations Mutual building and loan associations Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies Private Pension Funds Funds manager Pooled Investment Schemes Investment companies Development Banks Specialized government banks (Development Bank of the Philippines, Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine Amanah Bank) Portugal Source: Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Estatisticas monetarias e financeiras Time span: 1980-1988,1991-96 Assets: Banklike Institutions Insurance Companies Agricultural credit cooperatives Central agricultural credit cooperative Finance and credit companies Other intermediaries Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies 27 Private Pension funds Private pension funds Pooled Investment Schemes Investment funds Development Banks National Development Bank Rwanda Source: IFS Time span: 1980-96 Private credit: Development Banks Development Bank Saudi Arabia Source: IFS Time span: 1980-96 Private credit: Development Banks Saudi Agricultural Bank, Saudi Industrial Development Fund, Public Investment Fund, Real Estate Development Fund, Saudi Credit Bank Singapore Sources: (a) Monetary Authority of Singapore, Monthly Statistical Bulletin (b) Monetary Authority of Singapore, Annual Report (c) Development Bank of Singapore, Annual Report (d) IFS Time span: 1980-96 Assets: Banklike Institutions Finance companies (Source a) Merchant banks (Source a) Total amount lent by pawnbrokers (Source a) Insurance Companies Insurance companies (Source b) Development Bank Development Bank of Singapore (Source c) Private credit: Banklike Institutions Finance companies (Source d) Insurance Companies Life insurance offices (Source d) Development Bank Development Bank of Singapore (Source c, lines included: loans, investments, equity and corporate bonds) Solomon Islands Source: Central Bank of Solomon Islands, Annual Report Time span: 1985-93 Assets Banklike institutions Other local financial institutions Development Banks Development Bank of Solomon Islands 28 South Africa Source: South African Reserve Bank, Quarterly Bulletin Time span: 1980-97 Assets: Banklike Institutions Participation mortgage bond schemes, excluding hire-purchase finance companies, factoring and other similar finance companies, not registered as financial institutions total funds received and invested Finance companies Insurance Companies Long-term insurers (life) Short-term insurers (nonlife) Pooled Investment Schemes Unit trusts Private Pension Funds Private self-administered pension and provident funds Development Bank National Finance Corporation of South Africa Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa Private credit: Lines included are: loans other than to public sector and other securities Insurance Companies Long-term insurers (life) Short-term insurers (nonlife) Private Pension Funds Private self-administered pension and provident funds Spain Sources: (a) Banco de Espana, Boletin Estadistico (b) Banco de Espana, Cuentas financieras de la economia espanola (c) IFS Time span: 1980-97 Assets: Banklike Institutions (Source a) Insurance Companies (Source b) Pooled Investment Schemes (Source a) Development Banks (Source a) Private credit: Banklike Institutions (Source c) Insurance Companies (Source b) Specialized credit institutions (money market intermediary companies, mortgage loan companies, financial leasing companies, finance and factoring companies and other specialised credit institutions Insurance companies (financial assets) Portfolio investment institutions Official credit institutions (official credit institute and til 93 official credit banks) Specialized credit institutions (money market intermediary companies, mortgage ….loan companies, financial leasing companies, finance and factoring companies and other specialised credit institutions Insurance companies (short-term securities, bonds, shares and loans, all of these to non-financial enterprises and households) 29 Sri Lanka Sources: (a) Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bulletin (b) Annual Report of National Savings Bank (c) Annual Report of National Development Bank (d) Annual Report of Development Finance Corporation Time span: 1980-96 The raw numbers for the Development Finance Corporation are for March Assets: Banklike Institutions Development Banks National Savings Bank (Source b) * Development Finance Corporation, total loans and equities outstanding (Source d) State Mortgage and Investment Bank, total loans outstanding (Source a) National Development Bank (Source c) Private credit: Included line is: total loans Banklike Institutions National Savings Bank (Source b) * Development Banks Development Finance Corporation (Source d) National Development Bank (Source c) Sweden Sources: (a) Sveriges Riksbank, Statistical Yearbook (b) IFS Time span: 1980-97 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Finance companies Mortgage companies (local govt credit instit and business credit instit.) Housing credit institutions Insurance Companies: Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies Pooled Investment Schemes Mutual funds Private credit (Source b): Banklike Institutions Insurance Companies: Finance companies Mortgage companies (local govt credit instit and business credit instit.) Housing credit institutions Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies Switzerland Source: (a) Banque Nationale Suisse, Les banques suisses en (b) Swiss National Bank, Monthly Bulletin (c) IFS Time span: 1980-97 Assets: Banklike Institutions (Source a) Private banks (trust accounts, security companies) Mortgage banks 30 Clearing banks (three banks, one owned by agricultural cooperatives, one by regional banks, the third is an intl clearing bank) Pooled Investment Schemes Investment funds (Source b) Private credit (Source c): Insurance Companies Life insurance offices Taiwan Source: Central Bank of China, Financial Statistics Monthly Time span: 1980-97 Assets: Banklike Institutions Insurance Companies Credit cooperative associations Credit departments of farmers' and fishermen's associations Postal Savings System Bills finance companies Fuh-Hua securities finance companies Investment and trust companies Life insurance companies Property and casualty insurance companies Private credit: Lines included are: loans, securities private sector, corporate bonds and commercial papers Banklike Institutions Credit cooperative associations Credit departments of farmers' and fishermen's associations Postal Savings System Bills finance companies Fuh-Hua securities finance companies Investment and trust companies Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Property and casualty insurance companies Thailand Sources: (a) Bank of Thailand, Quarterly Bulletin (b) IFS Time span: 1980-97 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Development Banks Private credit (Source b): Banklike Institutions Development Banks Government Savings Bank Finance and securities companies Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Government Housing Bank Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand Export-Import Bank Government Savings Bank Finance and securities companies Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Government Housing Bank Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand 31 Export-Import Bank Tonga Source: IFS Time span: 1980-97 Private credit: Development Banks Tonga Development Bank Trinidad and Tobago Sources: (a) Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Quarterly Statistical Digest (b) IFS Time span: 1980-96 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Finance companies & merchant banks Trust and mortgage finance companies Thrift instititutions Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Development Banks Development banks Private credit (Source b): Banklike Institutions Finance companies and merchant banks Trust and mortgage finance companies Thrift instititutions Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Development Banks Development banks Tunisia Source: Banque centrale de Tunisie, Statistiques financieres Time span: 1990-1997 Assets: Banklike Institutions Development Banks Leasing companies Off-shore banks Development banks Private credit: Line included: Creance/credit a l'economie Banklike Institutions Leasing companies Off-shore banks Development Banks Development banks Turkey Sources: (a) Central Bank of Republic of Turkey, Quarterly Bulletin of Statistics (b) IFS Time span: 1987-97 32 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Special finance houses Development Banks Investment and development banks Private credit (Source b): Development Banks Investment and development banks United Kingdom Sources: (a) Central Statistical Office, Annual Abstract of Statistics (b) Office for National Statistics, Financial Statistics Time span: 1980-97 Assets (Source a): Banklike Institutions Discount houses Finance houses and other specialized credit-granting institutions (data after 89 from Source b) Investment trusts Insurance Companies Insurance companies - long term Friendly societies (included with life insurance) Insurance companies - other than long-term Private Pension Funds Self-administered pension funds Industrial and provident societies Pooled Investment Schemes Unit trusts Private credit (Source a): Included lines are: company securities, loans and mortgages Banklike Institutions Finance houses and other specialized credit-granting institutions (data after 89 from Source b) Investment trusts Insurance Companies Insurance companies - long term Insurance companies - other than long-term Private Pension Funds Self-administered pension funds Pooled Investment Schemes Unit trusts USA Source: Federal Reserve System, Flow of Funds Accounts Time span: 1980-1997 All asset numbers are total financial assets 33 Assets: Banklike Institutions Issuers of asset-backed securities Finance companies Mortgage companies Funding corporations (funding subsidiaries, nonbank financial holding companies, and custodial accounts for reinvested collateral of securities lending operations) Bank personal trusts and estates Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Other insurance companies Private Pension Funds Private pension funds (includes Federal Employees' Retirement System Thrift Savings Plan) Pooled Investment Schemes: Mutual funds and closed-end funds Real estate investment trusts Development Banks Government-sponsored enterprises ( Federal Home Loan Banks, National Mortgage Ass., Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Farm Credit System, the Financing Corp., the Resolution Funding Corp., and the Student Loan Marketing Ass.), federally related mortgage pools (GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC) and Farmers Home Administration pools Private credit: Lines included are: corporate and foreign bonds, corporate equities, other loan and advances, consumer credit and mortgages Banklike Institutions Issuers of asset-backed securities Finance companies Mortgage companies Funding corporations (funding subsidiaries, nonbank financial holding companies, and custodial accounts for reinvested collateral of securities lending operations) Bank personal trusts and estates Insurance Companies Life insurance companies Other insurance companies Private Pension Funds Private pension funds (includes Federal Employees' Retirement System Thrift Savings Plan) Pooled Investment Schemes Mutual funds and closed-end funds Real Estate Investment Trusts Development Banks Government-sponsored enterprises ( Federal Home Loan Banks, National Mortgage Ass., Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Farm Credit System, the Financing Corp., the Resolution Funding Corp., and the Student Loan Marketing Ass.), federally related mortgage pools (GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC) and Farmers Home Administration pools Uruguay Source: Banco Central del Uruguay, Boletin Estadistico Time span: 1980-1996 Private credit Line included: credito al sector privado Banklike Institutions Banco Hipotecario S&L associations 34 Venezuela Sources: (a) Banco Central de Venezuela, Boletin Mensual (b) Oficina Central de Estadistica e Informatica, Anuario Estadistico de Venezuela Time span: 1980-92, 94/95 Assets: Banklike Institutions (Source a) Mortgage banks Venezuela Workers Bank National S&L System Finance companies Investment banks Leasing companies Insurance Companies Insurance companies (Source b) Pooled Investment Schemes (Source a) Mutual funds Money market funds Development Banks (Source a) Agricultural Development Bank Private credit (Source a): Lines included: sector privado en conceptos monetarios Banklike Institutions Mortgage banks Venezuela Workers Bank National S&L System Finance companies (prestamos e inversiones al sector privado) Investment banks Pooled Investment Schemes Mutual funds Development Banks Agricultural Development Bank Zimbabwe Sources: (a) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Quarterly Economic and Statistical Review (b) Central Statistical Office, Monthly Digest of Statistics (c) Annual Report of Zimbabwe Development Bank (d) Report of the Registrar of Insurance (e) Reports of the Registrar of Pension and Provident Funds (f) IFS Time span: 1980-96 The raw numbers for building societies and the Zimbabwe Development Bank are for June Assets: Banklike Institutions (Source a) Building societies PO Savings Bank Finance houses Insurance Companies(Source d) Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies Private Pension Funds Pension and provident funds (Source e) Development Banks Agricultural Finance Corporation (Source b) Zimbabwe Development Bank (Source c) 35 Private credit: Except for data from source f, included lines are: loans, debentures and stocks/shares Banklike Institutions (Source f) Building societies PO Savings Bank Finance houses Insurance Companies (Source d) Life insurance companies Nonlife insurance companies Development Banks Agricultural Finance Corporation (Source b) Zimbabwe Development Bank (Source c) Life insurance penetration and density Data on life insurance premium volume are from various issues of Sigma Data on total population and the purchasing power parity conversion factor (local currency unit per international $) are from the electronic version of theWorld Development Indicators Data on GDP in local currency are from the electronic version of the IFS, either line 99B ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF The deflators in in US dollars are from the IFS, as described in the appendix for section II 36 Section V Stock Market Data Data on market capitalization and total value traded are mostly from the IFC’s Emerging Market Database, with additional data from Goldman Sachs (1986) Data on GDP in US dollars are from the electronic version of theWorld Development Indicators Data on GDP in local currency are from the electronic version of the IFS, either line 99B ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF The deflators in local currency and in US dollars are from the IFS, as described in the appendix for section II Bond Market Data Data on private and public market capitalization are from the Bank for International Settlement Quarterly Review on International Banking and Financial Market Development They were downloaded from the BIS’ webpage and are from a Table 15: Domestic Debt Securities, by sector and country of issuer Data on GDP in US dollars are from the electronic version of the World Development Indicators The deflators in US dollars are from the IFS, as described in the appendix for section II Primary Market Data Data for the following countries were obtained from Aylward and Glen (1998) They were obtained from national sources Contributing organizations are: Argentina Brazil Chile China, P.R Columbia Hong Kong Hungary India Malaysia Indonesia Jamaica Jordan Kenya Korea Mauritius Mexico Morocco Pakistan Peru Philippines Portugal Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan, R.C Thailand Tunisia Turkey Venezuela Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, Bolsa de Valores Rio de Janeiro Banco Central de Chile, Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros China Securities Regulatory Commission Superintendencia de Valores, Banco de la República Hong Kong Monetary Authority Hungarian State Treasury, Government Debt Management Agency Reserve Bank of India Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Bank Negara Malaysia Capital Market Supervisory Agency The Jamaica Stock Exchange Amman Financial Market Capital Markets Authority The Bank of Korea Bank of Mauritius, Stock Exchange Commision Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, Banco de México Bank Al-Maghrib, Moroccan Securities Commission Corporate Law Authority, Karachi Stock Exchange (Guarantee) Ltd Comisión Nacional Supervisora de Empresas y Valores Bangko Sentral Pilipinas Comissão Mercado de Valores Mobiliároios Monetary Authority of Singapore Colombo Stock Exchange, Securites and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka Central Bank of China Bank of Thailand, Securities and Exchange Commission, The Stock Exchange of Thailand Conseil du Marché Financier Capital Market Board of Turkey Comisión Nacional de Valores 37 Germany Japan United States Great Britain OECD Financial Statistics Monthly OECD Financial Statistics Monthly OECD Financial Statistics Monthly OECD Financial Statistics Monthly The following country data were taken from OECD Financial Statistics Monthly Listed will be the country and line numbers for equity and debt issues Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Greece Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Spain Switzerland Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 + B.1.2 c+d+e Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 + B.1.2 d+e+f+g Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: N/A Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e + B.1.2 c+d+e Shares: A.1 a+b+c Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: A.1 b+c Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e B.1.2 e Shares: A.1 b+c Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e1+e2+ B.1.2 e Shares: N/A Bonds: B.1.1 + B.1.2 c+d+e Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 + B.1.2 c+d+e Shares: A.1 Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: A.1 a+b+c Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e Shares: A.1.1 a+b+c Bonds: B.1.1 c+d+e + B.1.2 c+d+e Data on GDP in US dollars are from the electronic version of theWorld Development Indicators Data on GDP in local currency are from the electronic version of the IFS, either line 99B ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF The deflators in local currency and in US dollars are from the IFS, as described in the appendix for section II 38 [...]... a public institution C Sources and Coverage Data on the net interest margin, overhead costs, concentration and foreign bank penetration use income statements and balance sheet data of commercial banks from the Bank Scope Database provided by IBCA Data are available for 137 countries and for the years since 1990.To ensure a reasonable coverage, only countries with at least three banks in a given year... dollars To deflate in a consistent way, we use the local CPI and the U.S CPI respectively.24 Data on the secondary bond market come from the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Quarterly Review on International Banking and Financial Market Development and are in U.S dollars Data on the primary equity and debt market come from country-specific sources and were collected by Aylward and Glen (1998) and. .. structure indicators [Demirgüç-Kunt and Levine 1999] as well as the implications of financial structure for economic growth 20 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Data on the secondary bond market come from the Bank for International Settlement (BIS) Quarterly Review on International Banking and Financial Market Development and are in U.S dollars Data on